These events happen in sequential order on the last day of His life, but are told with details that are either altered or missing in the gospels. The Gospel according to Mark, written roughly around 65-70 CE, is as Bart D. Ehrman points out in chapter 5 of the book A Brief Introduction to the New Testament, a Greco-Roman biography about the life of Jesus written by a Greek-speaking Christian, presumably aimed towards an audience of Roman Gentiles. The Jesus depicted in Mark is misunderstood by everyone he encounters, including His own disciples, as to who he really is and what his role as the Messiah is. Even after predicting his death and resurrection several times, the disciples never truly understand him; " he was teaching his disciples, and telling them, ˜The Son of Man is now to be handed over into the power of men, and they will kill him; and three days after being killed he will rise again.' But they did not understand what he said, and were afraid to ask " (Mark 9: 31-32). This is not the last time Jesus predicts His death, however; in Mark 10:33-24 He gives makes one final prediction and, as Ehrman remarks, "the details are somewhat more graphic, but the response of the disciples is remarkably similar " (Ehrman 69). In Mark's version of the Passion story, Jesus is betrayed by Judas, handed over to Roman soldiers to be arrested, and tried by the Jewish Council of high priests, elders and scribes. He is then given final trial and sentencing by Pontius Pilate who, after optioning the crowd for His release, condemns him to beaten, mocked and crucified on a cross (Mark 15: 19-25). His final words before were "My God, my God, why have you forsaken me? " before He "gave a loud cry and died; and the curtain of the temple was torn in two from top to bottom " (Mark 15: 34, 37). This final act of martyrdom was, as Ehrman states on page 71, the ultimate sacrifice that voided the necessities of all others.
